30 years of farm restructuring and water management reforms in Central Asia

Richard Pomfret a,b*, Nodir Djanibekov c

a University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
b The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe, Via Beniamino Andreatta, 3, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
c Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Theodor-Lieser-Straße 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany

*Guest editor of the special section

E-mail: richard.pomfret@adelaide.edu.au

Nodir Djanibekov: djanibekov@iamo.de

https://doi.org/10.29258/CAJWR/2022-R1.v8-1/49-56.eng

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agricultural reforms, farm restructuring, smallholders, tenure security, water user associations